Rio 2016
A few coaches made some surprising moves, while some coaches had a difficult choice… All in all, the teams are ready for the big challenges in Rio!
All of these players, that are crossed out below in the tables, won’t travel to Rio. If you think that some of the coaches made wrong decision, you should start discussion below in the comments and give us reasons why they should be or should not be on the list…
Also, do not miss our volleyball live blog, where you can find many interesting information about volleyball players, teams, tournament…
Men’s tournament:
| Teams | Rosters | Particpipation | Medals Summary |
| Russia |
SETTERS: Grankin, |
Soviet Union (1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1988), Russia (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) | Soviet Union 6 (3-2-1), Russia 4 (1-1-2) |
| USA | SETTERS: Christenson, K. Shoji; OPPOSITE: Troy; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Holt, Lee, Smith; RECEIVERS: Anderson, Sander, Russell, Jaeschke, Priddy; LIBERO: E. Shoji, |
1964, 1968, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 4 medals (3-0-1) |
| Brazil |
SETTERS: Rezende, Arjona; OPPOSITES: Wallace, Guerra; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: M. Souza, Saatkamp, Eder, |
1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 4 (2-2-0) |
| France |
SETTERS: Toniutti, Pujol; OPPOSITES: Rouzier, Rossard; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Le Goff, Lafitte, Le Roux; RECEIVERS: Ngapeth, Marechal, Tillie, Clevenot; LIBEROS: Grebennikov; COACH: Tillie. |
1988, 1992, 2004, 2016 | |
| Italy |
SETTERS: Giannelli, Sottile; OPPOSITES: Zaytsev, Vettori; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Buti, Birarelli, Piano; RECEIVERS: Juantorena; Lanza, Antonov, Rossini; LIBERO: Colaci; COACH: Blengini. |
1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 5 (0-2-3) |
| Poland |
SETTERS: Drzyzga, Lomacz; OPPOSITES: Kurek, Konarski; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Nowakowski, Klos, Bieniek, |
1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 1 (1-0-0) |
| Iran |
SETTERS: Marouf, Mahdavi; OPPOSITES: Ghafour, Ghaemi; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Mousavi, Sharifat, Gholami; RECEIVERS: Zarini, |
2016 | |
| Argentina |
SETTERS: De Cecco, D. Gonzalez, |
1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016 | 1 (0-0-1) |
| Canada |
SETTERS: Blankenau, Sanders; OPPOSITE: Schmitt; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Duff, Vigrass, Vandorrn, Verhoeff; RECEIVERS: Perrin, Hoag, Winters, Marshall; LIBERO: Bann; COACH: Hoag. |
1976, 1984, 1992, 2016 | |
| Mexico |
SETTERS: P. Rangel, Perales; OPPOSITES: Vargas, Orellana; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Aguilera, Cordova, Martinez; RECEIVERS: Guerra, Barajas, Ruiz, Quinones; LIBERO: J. Rangel; COACH: Lopez. |
1968, 2016 | |
| Cuba |
SETTERS: Goide, |
1972, 1976, 1980, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2016 | 1 (0-0-1) |
| Egypt |
SETTERS: Aboulhassan, Youssif; OPPOSITES: Salah, Kotb, Heikal; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Ma. Abdelmoneim, Ebo, Adel; RECEIVERS: Mo. Abdelmoneim, Youssif, Elhosseini, Naguib; LIBERO: Abdel Aal; COACH: El Shemerly. |
1976, 1984, 2000, 2008, 2016 |
Women’s tournament:
| Teams | Rosters | Participation | Medals Summary |
| Brazil | SETTERS: Dani Lins, Fabiola, |
1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 4 medals (2 golds – 0 – 2 bronzes |
| USA |
SETTERS: Thompson, Glass, Lloyd; OPPOSITES: Lowe, Murphy; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Akinradewo, Dietzen, Adams; RECEIVERS: Larson, Hill, Robinson; LIBERO: Banwarth; COACH: Kiraly. |
1964, 1968, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 4 (0-3-1) |
| Russia | SETTERS: Kosyanenko, Vetrova, |
Soviet Union (1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1988), Russia (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) | Soviet Union 6 (4-2-0), Russia 2 (0-2-0) |
| China | SETTERS: Qiuyue Wei, Xia Ding; OPPOSITES: Xiangyu Gong, Fangxu Yang; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Xinyue Yuan, Yunli Xu, Ni Yan, RECEIVERS Changning Zhang, Rouqi Hui, Zhu Ting, Xiaotong Liu; LIBERO: Li Lin; COACH: Lang Ping. | 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 5 (2-1-2) |
| Serbia | SETTERS: Ognjenović, Živković; OPPOSITES: Brakočević, Bošković, |
2008, 2012, 2016 | |
| Italy | SETTERS: Lo Bianko, Orro; OPPOSITES: Centoni, Ortolani; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Chirichella, Danesi, Guiggi; RECEIVERS: Del Core, Egonu, |
2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | |
| Argentina | SETTERS: Castiglione, Sagardia; OPPOSITES: Fresco, Boscacci; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Lazcano, Sosa, Busquets; RECEIVERS: Nizetich, Fernandez, Acosta, Martinez, LIBERO: Rizzo; COACH: Orduna. | 2016 | |
| Japan |
SETTERS: Tashiro, Miyashita; OPPOSITES: Sakoda, Nagaoka; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Araki, Shimamura, Yamaguchi; RECEIVERS: Kimura, Sato, Ishii, Nabeya; LIBERO: Zayasu; COACH: Manabe. |
1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 6 (2-2-2) |
| Netherlands | SETTERS: Stoltenborg, Dijkema; OPPOSITE: Sloetjes; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Belien, De Kruijf, Steenbergen; RECEIVERS: Plak, Grothues, Pietersen, Schoot, Buijs; LIBERO: Pilon; COACH: Guidetti. | 1992, 1996, 2016 | |
| South Korea | SETTERS: Lee Hyo-Hee, Yeum Hye-Seon; OPPOSITES: Kim Hee-Jin, Hwang Youn-Joo; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Yang Hyo-Jin, Kim Su-Ji, Bae Yoo-Na; RECEIVERS: Kim Yeon-Koung, Lee Jae-Yeong, Park Jeong-Ah, Nam Jie-Youn; LIBERO: Kim Hae-Ran; COACH: Jung-Chul. | 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016 | 1 (0-0-1) |
| Puerto Rico | SETTERS: Mojica, Valentin; OPPOSITE: Ocasio; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Oquendo, Morales, Reyes; RECEIVERS: Cruz, Enright, Santana, Rosa; LIBEROS: Seilhamer, Venegas; COACH: Guadaloupe. | 2016 | |
| Cameroon | SETTERS: Koulla, Guigolo; OPPOSITE: Nana; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Mogoung, Mbeza, Zessi, Ntame; Receivers: Fawziya; Essissima, Bossoko, Bikatal; LIBERO: Nasser; COACH: Akono. | 2016 |
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I can’t understand why in Russias women team young Malygina was preferred against Malykh – the letter is IMHO the much more reliable opposite replacement for Goncharova.
@StefanS i think they want to expose the youngster and and in fact she is really tall. She is being considered as the future of Russian vball 🙂
@StefanS the reason is if you watch these past season of malyk playing, she wasn’t contributing to the team in crucial moments. I think the coach got feed up with that so he’s trying something fresh in hopes that it might work.. However, I’m just a critic I don’t know the future, but time will tell. Maligyna did impress me at her debut with her NT at the Grand Prix some weeks ago. Hopefully she will improve mentally to put her height to good use.
In Men argentina- Jose Luiz Gonzalez instead of Santucci
@Buggy We can’t change the official announcement of the FEVA! http://feva.org.ar/noticias/muestra_nota.php?categoria=categoria_selecciones_mayores_masculino_noticias&id=1348
I’m very thrilled to see the setter lo Bianca back in Italy’s women’s NT. She be a great asset to the ladies in blue as well as a motivator to the youngsters who will compete along aside her.
Despite most of this teams n rosters are consist of giant players but all will see a very big team of IRAN with releasing roster from injuries ( Mahmoudi , Ghafour , Ghaemi ) & tnx to magical sets by Marouf n best world Middle blocker Seyed Mousavi .